WATCH: Hero who stopped Oregon elementary school shooting suspect identified

On October 15, 2026, an active shooter report at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon led to a large police response. The Bend Police Department confirmed that officers had arrived at the school after reports of an active shooter, setting up a reunification site for families at Journey Church near Goodwill and Dairy Queen on Highway 97. By October 16, authorities identified the attacker as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II, who was previously a special needs student at the school. The incident resulted in four fatalities: three boys aged five, eight, and eleven, along with a 25-year-old female teacher. Additionally, a seven-year-old girl was critically injured but stabilized. A teacher's heroic actions, including throwing her phone and tackling John II, likely saved lives before he was shot dead by the father of one of the students.